1948 United States presidential election in California[2] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
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| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 1,913,134 | 47.57% | 25 |
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| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,895,269 | 47.13% | 0 |
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| Independent Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 190,381 | 4.73% | 0 |
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| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 16,926 | 0.42% | 0 |
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| No party | Norman Thomas (write-in) | 3,459 | 0.09% | 0 |
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| No party | Strom Thurmond (write-in) | 1,228 | 0.03% | 0 |
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| No party | Write-ins | 813 | 0.02% | 0 |
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| No party | Edward A. Teichert (write-in) | 195 | 0.00% | 0 |
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| No party | Farrell Dobbs (write-in) | 133 | 0.00% | 0 |
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Invalid or blank votes | | | — |
Totals | 4,021,538 | 100.00% | 25 |
Voter turnout | | — |
County | Truman | Votes | Dewey | Votes | Wallace | Votes | Others | Votes |
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Solano | 63.50% | 23,257 | 33.71% | 12,345 | 2.63% | 962 | 0.16% | 60 |
Lassen | 62.91% | 3,632 | 33.95% | 1,960 | 2.75% | 159 | 0.38% | 22 |
Plumas | 61.78% | 3,125 | 32.76% | 1,657 | 5.08% | 257 | 0.38% | 19 |
Kings | 59.97% | 6,909 | 37.23% | 4,289 | 1.90% | 219 | 0.90% | 104 |
Placer | 58.49% | 8,837 | 36.87% | 5,570 | 4.18% | 632 | 0.46% | 70 |
Fresno | 58.49% | 47,762 | 37.20% | 30,379 | 3.74% | 3,056 | 0.57% | 468 |
Sacramento | 58.38% | 54,197 | 37.78% | 35,074 | 3.43% | 3,185 | 0.42% | 386 |
Madera | 58.18% | 5,226 | 38.03% | 3,416 | 3.08% | 277 | 0.70% | 63 |
Amador | 57.45% | 2,334 | 38.84% | 1,578 | 2.88% | 117 | 0.84% | 34 |
Shasta | 56.86% | 7,177 | 39.69% | 5,010 | 3.18% | 402 | 0.27% | 34 |
Kern | 56.16% | 33,029 | 41.60% | 24,464 | 1.89% | 1,109 | 0.36% | 209 |
Contra Costa | 55.02% | 50,277 | 40.45% | 36,958 | 4.23% | 3,868 | 0.30% | 273 |
Merced | 54.95% | 9,959 | 42.60% | 7,721 | 1.99% | 360 | 0.46% | 84 |
Ventura | 54.77% | 18,100 | 42.15% | 13,930 | 2.59% | 856 | 0.49% | 163 |
Siskiyou | 54.00% | 6,749 | 42.53% | 5,315 | 3.20% | 400 | 0.27% | 34 |
Yolo | 52.47% | 6,655 | 43.83% | 5,560 | 3.22% | 409 | 0.47% | 60 |
Sierra | 52.46% | 660 | 43.40% | 546 | 3.82% | 48 | 0.32% | 4 |
El Dorado | 51.95% | 3,493 | 43.04% | 2,894 | 4.30% | 289 | 0.71% | 48 |
Colusa | 51.78% | 2,020 | 46.22% | 1,803 | 1.77% | 69 | 0.23% | 9 |
Modoc | 50.53% | 1,607 | 46.54% | 1,480 | 2.58% | 82 | 0.35% | 11 |
Tulare | 50.22% | 19,681 | 46.98% | 18,414 | 2.03% | 797 | 0.77% | 300 |
Yuba | 49.68% | 3,608 | 46.85% | 3,403 | 2.99% | 217 | 0.48% | 35 |
Calaveras | 49.42% | 1,995 | 46.77% | 1,888 | 3.17% | 128 | 0.64% | 26 |
Trinity | 48.68% | 1,053 | 45.08% | 975 | 5.83% | 126 | 0.42% | 9 |
Humboldt | 48.43% | 11,268 | 47.19% | 10,979 | 3.91% | 909 | 0.47% | 110 |
San Francisco | 47.82% | 167,726 | 45.66% | 160,135 | 6.13% | 21,492 | 0.39% | 1,356 |
Stanislaus | 47.82% | 18,350 | 48.38% | 18,564 | 2.34% | 899 | 1.45% | 558 |
San Diego | 47.80% | 98,217 | 49.43% | 101,552 | 2.34% | 4,815 | 0.43% | 875 |
Alameda | 47.80% | 154,549 | 46.57% | 150,588 | 5.21% | 16,853 | 0.41% | 1,341 |
San Bernardino | 47.68% | 45,691 | 48.59% | 46,570 | 2.87% | 2,746 | 0.87% | 831 |
Nevada | 47.01% | 3,914 | 47.05% | 3,917 | 5.45% | 454 | 0.49% | 41 |
San Joaquin | 47.01% | 27,908 | 49.08% | 29,135 | 3.46% | 2,051 | 0.45% | 267 |
Los Angeles | 47.00% | 812,690 | 46.51% | 804,232 | 5.85% | 101,085 | 0.64% | 11,075 |
Tuolumne | 46.78% | 2,561 | 48.21% | 2,639 | 4.55% | 249 | 0.46% | 25 |
Glenn | 46.64% | 2,578 | 50.99% | 2,819 | 1.95% | 108 | 0.42% | 23 |
Monterey | 46.10% | 15,704 | 50.59% | 17,233 | 2.82% | 959 | 0.49% | 167 |
Butte | 45.68% | 10,133 | 49.36% | 10,948 | 4.22% | 936 | 0.74% | 164 |
Sutter | 45.08% | 3,362 | 52.47% | 3,913 | 1.74% | 130 | 0.71% | 53 |
Imperial | 44.89% | 5,301 | 52.64% | 6,217 | 1.93% | 228 | 0.54% | 64 |
Tehama | 44.72% | 2,920 | 51.27% | 3,348 | 3.15% | 206 | 0.86% | 56 |
Mendocino | 44.06% | 5,553 | 50.53% | 6,368 | 5.09% | 642 | 0.32% | 40 |
Napa | 43.64% | 7,207 | 52.82% | 8,724 | 2.89% | 477 | 0.65% | 108 |
San Luis Obispo | 42.14% | 8,135 | 53.49% | 10,325 | 3.61% | 696 | 0.77% | 148 |
Santa Clara | 42.11% | 41,905 | 53.25% | 52,982 | 4.07% | 4,049 | 0.57% | 566 |
San Benito | 42.03% | 2,096 | 55.64% | 2,775 | 1.80% | 90 | 0.52% | 26 |
Del Norte | 41.27% | 1,172 | 54.26% | 1,541 | 4.26% | 121 | 0.21% | 6 |
Riverside | 40.28% | 23,305 | 55.66% | 32,209 | 2.93% | 1,694 | 1.13% | 656 |
Inyo | 40.21% | 1,539 | 55.79% | 2,135 | 3.61% | 138 | 0.39% | 15 |
Sonoma | 40.08% | 16,026 | 55.21% | 22,077 | 4.26% | 1,705 | 0.44% | 176 |
Mariposa | 39.85% | 983 | 55.86% | 1,378 | 3.69% | 91 | 0.61% | 15 |
San Mateo | 39.66% | 34,215 | 56.69% | 48,909 | 3.47% | 2,993 | 0.18% | 155 |
Marin | 38.17% | 12,540 | 57.06% | 18,747 | 4.61% | 1,513 | 0.17% | 55 |
Santa Barbara | 38.04% | 13,085 | 58.13% | 19,998 | 3.26% | 1,122 | 0.57% | 195 |
Lake | 37.48% | 1,999 | 57.27% | 3,054 | 4.46% | 238 | 0.79% | 42 |
Santa Cruz | 36.95% | 9,862 | 57.68% | 15,395 | 4.06% | 1,084 | 1.31% | 349 |
Orange | 36.36% | 29,018 | 60.88% | 48,587 | 1.94% | 1,545 | 0.83% | 664 |
Mono | 30.54% | 255 | 64.79% | 541 | 3.95% | 33 | 0.72% | 6 |
Alpine | 18.12% | 25 | 76.81% | 106 | 4.35% | 6 | 0.72% | 1 |